{"product_id":"9780349118970","title":"44 Scotland Street: 44 Scotland Street 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): McCall Smith, Alexander, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 11\/08\/2005,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: 44 Scotland Street, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Abacus,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780349118970\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eThe bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series brings his trademark warmth and wisdom to his novel chronicling the lives of the residents of 44 Scotland Street that's 'as charming as the bohemian street in which it's set' (Scottish Daily Record).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmediately recognisable are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland's most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn McCall Smith's hands such characters retain charm and novelty, simultaneously arousing both mirth and empathy. 44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClever, elegant and funny, this is a novel that provides huge entertainment but which is underpinned by the moral dilemmas of everyday life and the characters' struggles to resolve them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37027745923225,"sku":"9780349118970","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780349118970.jpg?v=1604670519","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780349118970","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}